Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transit

Purple light shows a Muni subway heading inbound, while an M or (a Daly City BART train?) heads outbound...somewhere below. Image: Illuminate

See Subway Trains from the Surface of Market Street

By Roger Rudick | Dec 13, 2016 | No Comments

Imagine standing on Market Street and seeing bars of colored lights move over the street, tracking the location of the BART and Muni vehicles below. Yesterday evening, Illuminate, a San Francisco artists collaborative, held a demonstration of “Lightrail,” a proposed project from artists George Zisiadis and Stefano Corazza, for Market Street. The demonstration, which was held in a […]

Thor Denmark and the SFBC's Charles Deffarges at SFMTA's Folsom-Howard Open House. Photo: Streetsblog

Fix SoMa Streets: Public Speaks at Folsom-Howard Open House

By Roger Rudick | Dec 9, 2016 | No Comments

Last night, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency held its first of two open houses to solicit feedback on possible safety improvements to Folsom and Howard Streets in the South of Market neighborhood. Some 50 people braved the cold and rainy night to voice opinions and hear from MTA staff at the SoMa Recreation Center. […]

Hazardous and uncomfortable conditions greet people walking and bicycling on or along El Camino Real in Redwood City. Photos: Dyett & Bhatia

Redwood City El Camino Real Safety Fixes Still Years Away

By Andrew Boone | Dec 6, 2016 | No Comments

Redwood City hosted the first of two scheduled community meetings on its El Camino Real Corridor Plan last month, aiming to lay the groundwork for redeveloping commercial parcels along the roadway and transform it into a Complete Street. After this study is finished sometime next year, a separate study funded by a grant from Caltrans will […]

Transportation Demand Management can help balance modes in a more sustainable way. Photo: Streetsblog

Guest Editorial: TDM is a Roadmap for Sustainable Transportation

By Tom Radulovich and Nicole Ferrara | Dec 2, 2016 | No Comments

Monday at 1:30, the Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance that will require projects larger than 10 dwelling units or 10,000 square feet to adopt stronger measures to reduce auto trips. The new TDM proposal represents a step forward. However, it will have greater impact on […]

A look at a short segment of Geary that will get true "BRT" upgrades. Image: CTA

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SPUR Talk: Update on Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit

By Roger Rudick | Nov 28, 2016 | No Comments

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (CTA), along with SFMTA, is completing its final environmental review for “Bus Rapid Transit” and other street improvements on Geary. Last week, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) held an update/discussion about this busy corridor. As many Streetsblog readers already know, the planned improvements are primarily […]

South San Francisco plans to install bike lanes that will disappear to preserve these parallel parking spaces on El Camino Real. Photo: Google Maps

Motorist Convenience Still Trumps Safety in South San Francisco

By Andrew Boone | Nov 22, 2016 | No Comments

South San Francisco will rebuild a one-mile segment of El Camino Real this Spring with wider sidewalks, safer crosswalks, curb extensions, pedestrian refuges, bike lanes, and new street trees planted in both the medians and sidewalks. However, the bike lanes won’t be continuous–to preserve curbside parking, in places they will disappear. And some intersections will remain dangerous to […]

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